Disney's live-action remake of Moana has met a hostile critical reception, drawing comparisons to the widely criticised Snow White remake of the previous year. The film has opened with a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 33%, a result that raises fresh doubts about Disney's ongoing strategy of reworking its beloved animated properties as live-action features, particularly with Moana arriving only a decade after the original.

The 2016 animated Moana earned close to $700 million at the global box office and holds a near-perfect 95% critics' rating, while its 2024 sequel passed the $1 billion mark, underlining the franchise's continued popularity. The 33% score for the remake is based on 49 reviews and is almost three times worse than the original's rating. Reactions have been mixed to negative, with ScreenRant saying the remake "loses some of the original's magic" and CBR being more positive while noting some "head scratcher" elements. Separately, Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that Moana 3 is in development, with Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller set to write the script.